St. John's Red Storm vs Villanova Wildcats Prediction, 2/12/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: St. John's Red Storm vs Villanova Wildcats

Date: Wednesday, February 12, 2025

Location: Finneran Pavilion in Villanova, PA

TV: ESPN+

The St. John's Red Storm (21-3) are en route to Finneran Pavilion on Wednesday where they will meet the Villanova Wildcats (14-10).

The St. John's Red Storm faced Connecticut and took home the win by a score of 68-62 in their last contest. When discussing fouls, the Red Storm ended up with 17 and Connecticut recorded 17 fouls. They made 8 out of their 29 shots from distance. Connecticut finished shooting 63.6% at the free throw line by converting 14 of 22 attempts. On top of that, Connecticut had 41 rebounds (12 offensive, 29 defensive), but wasn't able to record a rejection. Connecticut totaled 11 dimes and had 4 steals for this game. When talking about defending, St. John's allowed 39.2% from the floor on 20 out of 51 shooting. They also doled out 12 dimes for the game while forcing the other team into 18 turnovers and having 9 steals. Concerning hauling in boards, they earned 27 with 7 of them being of the offensive variety. From the charity stripe, the Red Storm made 12 of 16 attempts for a percentage of 75.0%. St. John's finished the game with a 40.0% FG percentage (26 of 65) and knocked down 4 of their 21 shots from downtown.

RJ Luis is one player who was a major contributor for the game. He finished the game at 47.6% from the field and totaled 1 assist. He played 34 mins played and collected 7 boards. He left the arena with 21 points on 10 out of 21 shooting.

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St. John's will enter this contest with a win-loss record of 21-3 so far this season. They are losing possession via turnover 11.3 times per contest and as a team are committing 16.4 personal fouls every game. As a team, St. John's is pulling down 41.2 rebounds per game and has accumulated 368 dimes on the season, which is 84th in D-1 in terms of passing the rock. The Red Storm are shooting 29.1% on 3-pointers (139 of 477) and 68.9% from the charity stripe. They have an average of 78.5 pts per contest (80th in Division 1) while hitting 45.0% from the field.

On defense, the Red Storm are forcing their opponents into 16.0 turnovers per game while drawing 17.7 personal fouls. They give up 33.3% on 3-point shots and they are ranked 29th in college hoops in points per game allowed (65.0). The Red Storm defense is giving up a FG percentage of 39.4% (549 of 1,392) and they relinquish 35.0 rebounds per contest as a team. They are 117th in college in giving up assists to their opponents with 297 relinquished so far this year.

When they last stepped on the hardwood, the Villanova Wildcats went home victorious with a score of 80-68 against Xavier. The Wildcats were able to collect 20 defensive boards and 6 offensive boards for a total of 26 for this contest. They also coughed up the ball 8 times, while getting 6 steals in this contest. Xavier had 12 fouls in the game which took the Wildcats to the free throw line for 10 attempts. They were able to bury 10 of the free throw attempts for a clip of 100.0%. In terms of 3-point shots, Villanova made 12 of 24 attempts (50.0%). Overall, the Wildcats walked away from this one shooting 29 for 57 from the floor which gave them a percentage of 50.9%. The Wildcats permitted Xavier to convert 26 out of 53 attempts from the floor which gave them a percentage of 49.1% in this contest. They finished 42.1% from distance by going 8 out of 19 and walked away from this one shooting 8 out of 12 at the charity stripe (66.7%). Regarding cleaning the glass, Villanova allowed Xavier to get 27 overall (6 offensive).

Eric Dixon was important for the Wildcats for this game. He converted 8 of 16 for the contest giving him a field goal percentage of 50.0%, and had 5 rebounds. He scored 24 points in his 34 mins on the court and earned 3 assists for the contest.

Villanova has a win-loss mark of 14-10 for the season. On the offensive side of the ball, the Wildcats are shooting 47.0% from the floor, which ranks them 71st in the nation. Villanova has accounted for 1,811 points for the campaign (75.5 per game) and they pull in 34.7 boards per contest. Their rate of earning assists is at 13.2 times per game (224th in D-1) and they turn the ball over 10.1 times per contest. The Wildcats are committing 16.1 fouls every game and they shoot 80.9% from the free throw line.

The Wildcats on the defensive side of the court are 64th in the country in points given up per game with 67.6. They are forcing 10.4 TO's per game and have allowed teams to shoot 42.6% from the floor (126th in college). The Villanova defense concedes 34.4% from downtown (207 of 602) and their opponents are knocking down 69.1% of their free throw attempts. They give up 14.1 assists and 30.6 rebounds every game, which is 267th and 16th in Division 1.

Who will win tonight's NCAA game against the spread?

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Villanova

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